List of prime ministers of Poland


This is a list of the prime ministers of Poland. The Prime Minister of Poland is both the leader of the cabinet of Poland and the head of government of the country.

Presidents of the National Government of the Republic of Poland (1846)

Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)

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Prime Ministers of the People's Republic (1918)

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Note: Until 11 November, Daszyński was Prime Minister in the Polish People's Republic, based at Lublin, in the territory occupied by Austrian troops. On 11 November, he was invited to form a national government but failed and resigned three days later.

Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1918–1939)

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Prime Ministers of the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)

After the German conquest of Poland, a Polish government-in-exile was formed under the protection of France and Britain. The government was recognised by the United Kingdom and the United States until 5 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted Joseph Stalin's communist government. By the end of 1946, the government-in-exile had lost recognition by all but a handful of independent nations. Despite this, it continued in London until the election of Lech Wałęsa as President of the Republic of Poland in December 1990.

Chairmen of the Executive for National Unity (1954–1972)

In 1954, one group within the government-in-exile opposed the continuation of August Zaleski as President of the government-in-exile beyond the end of his seven-year term. They established the Council of National Unity, vested the powers of the President in the Rada Trzech, and appointed their own government, the Executive for National Unity. After the death of Zaleski in 1972, the Council of National Unity dissolved and ceded its powers to Zaleski's successor Stanisław Ostrowski.

Prime Ministers of the Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)

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Prime Ministers of the Republic of Poland (1989–present)

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